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KnowYourMeme is an internet series created by the Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies, in which resident scientists Kenyatta Cheese (aka Yatta), Elspeth Jane (aka Ellie Rountree), and now-retired Jamie Wilkinson (aka Jamie Dubs) tackle on to provide general history of internet memes as well as to try and explain what exactly makes them memetic.

Older episodes were made JustForFun and all the research was done by the KYM staff themselves. But over time, the Know Your Meme website was created and most of the research is now done there. On the site, anyone can submit a basic meme article (akin to ThatOtherWiki), which, if the subject is deemed notable, is subsequently researched and expanded. Later on, the site was bought by the Cheezburger Network.

The website is over [[http://www.knowyourmeme.com here.]]----!!!Confirmed memes on Website/KnowYourMeme that also have a Wiki/TVTropes Page:

* AprilFoolsDay: ** On April 1st 2012, you could "buy" memes. Supposedly with real money, but the next day both orders and bills were canceled** On April 1st, 2013, the site claimed that the main tubular system was down and that the database could only process memes that predated the Internet. All confirmed memes were still available under a separate "Deadpooled" section.** On April 1st, 2014, users could vote to "retire" old memes through the Internet Meme Retirement Program. At the end of the day, 30 pages were deemed "retired".** On April 1st, 2015, the Cringeworthy Gallery was reopened, entries for Don and Super Robo Jesus were confirmed, and the entry for [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement the controversy that shall not be named]] was Deadpooled claiming that the [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad SJWs]] have sued the website.*** And the cursor was replaced with the Illuminati All-Seeing Eye triangle.*** Also all usernames and profile pictures were replaced by variations on Don.* AscendedMeme: ''Bad Luck Brian's'' perennial status as a "Submission" despite being one of the more well known memes. Its official image even reads "Submission Forever."* BerserkButton:** Never try to force a meme on Know Your Meme.** Anything from 9gag. Many of the commenters frequent its rivals [[{{Imageboards}} 4chan]] and {{Reddit}} and it shows. Even Reddit is starting to get this treatment, though.** Advice Animals, with a few exceptions.** "Know Your Meme is for DOCUMENTING memes, not creating them!"** Twitter hashtags, mainly due to being perceived as useless and over abundant.** Anything related to [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad "Social Justice Warriors"]] or "Tumblr feminists".* TheCameo: Music/WeirdAlYankovic appears in one episode to explain how auto-tune gained memetic status.* CleavageWindow: the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keyhole-turtleneck Keyhole Turtleneck]] article discusses a sweater that invokes the trope and has become popular as {{fanservice}} clothing.* CringeComedy: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cringeworthy The Cringeworthy]] gallery collects images of examples of this.** Currently blocked due to users using it to attack others as well as constantly post bad fetish art and pictures pertaining to an inflated Disney/{{Hercules}}.* {{Fetish}}: January 2015 saw a rise in the creation of individualized articles for some of the internet's more popular/infamous fetishes, including [[BalloonBelly Body Inflation]], [[SwallowedWhole Vore]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Macrophilia]]/Microphilia, and [[BalefulPolymorph Transformation]].* FistPump: "Success Kid" pumps his little fist, celebrating his achievement.* ForcedMeme: As with above, you get these every now and then.* ForScience: The Numa Numa Dance episode starts with one of the researchers saying this.* [[HotScientist Hot (Internet) Scientist]]: If the comments section of the videos is to be believed, Elspeth Jane fits this trope.* HurricaneOfPuns: Some image and video uploads can end up attracting comments that basically become a constant flow of puns of variable quality.* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Many of the comments that were posted on the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bad-luck-brian Bad Luck Brian]] entry when the meme was first taking off were of this nature. ** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/conspiracy-keanu Conspiracy Keanu]] as well. Just check out the disparity between the first and second top voted pictures.* KangarooCourt: The journey to getting a meme confirmed can go from smooth to very skewed. For example, the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nope-chuck-testa#.Tq7fDmCt8Vk Nope! Chuck Testa]] page has gotten boatloads of research, over 1,000,000 views, 10,000,000 views for the commercial itself on Youtube, and its own video from the site admins, but went unconfirmed for three months anyway because of its recent release.* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: The general attitude towards the [[BrainBleach Cringeworthy page]] and the rather messy history behind it. * {{Mascot}}: {{SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool}} has become the site's unofficial one, since the term for rejecting false memes is "deadpooled".** ShapedLikeItself: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/deadpool-marvel-comics Deadpool's page is deadpooled]]. The humor of this has not gone unnoticed.*** Deadpool's page has been listed as "Researching" despite still being Deadpool, and it even has a pretty nice new page header made by Marvel execs themselves. It would seem even the site admins noticed as well.* ScoringPoints: "+1 confirm", "+1 wait", or "+1 deadpool" are the commenters' terms for approval, hesitance, and rejection of an article. Note though, that these points don't actually do anything. They're just the commenters' way of voicing their opinion. Sometimes they'll be even something nonsensical, like "+1 potato".* MemeticMutation: The website [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin helps people know their memes.]] That should be quite obvious. (There are lots of other places where people can go to know their memes, but this is one of the few SFW ones.)[[invoked]] However, there are a few site-specific memes that show up from time to time.** {{SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool}}, to the point where he was deadpooled even though he was actually confirmed (and is, in fact, listed in the confirmed memes section).** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/super-robo-jesus Super Robo Jesus]]. The users love it when this trends, but they make the moments special by not forcing it to happen.** Don, the site admin, whom the site-goers love to poke fun at for "meme-ing everything he sees."* NiceJobBreakingItHero: An article trends based on the amount of users commenting on it. If the article is something horrific or disgusting, users will complain about the article trending... by commenting on it, therefore keeping the article trending. This is sometimes lampshaded.* SelfDemonstratingArticle: Many of the videos about a meme would also demonstrate the meme in question. Deadpool's page is also deadpooled.** ReviewIronicEcho: Commenters do this too. Most of the time, this is used as an insult.* SeriousBusiness: Memes. Especially Internet memes. Because [[ShapedLikeitself Internet is Serious Business]].* ShownTheirWork: As the result of trope above, Memes are RESEARCHED AND CATEGORIZED!* TheGrandListOfForumAndCommunityLaws: The community-based Know Your Meme RPG (still in development).* WellDoneSonGuy: The KYM community tends to be this towards 4chan, simply wanting to be loved by them. Reddit likes them, but only a fair number of users care.** PetTheDog: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/823806#comments It does happen, from time to time]].----